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  • Gordon Weatherby avatar

    Give Thanks To God Series

    Contributed by Gordon Weatherby on Nov 1, 2016
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    This first sermon in the series on the book of Colossians was used on the occasion of Thanksgiving Weekend. It looks at the three things for which Paul was Thankful in almost all of his epistles: Faith, Hope, and Love

    *Give Thanks To God* Col. 1:3-5 (Please note: A small portion of this sermon -- main points and subpoints are from the sermon of another though cannot remember who it was from. Probably 85 % of the message would be my own.) The following link will take you to an MP3 Audio recording of this sermon: ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Gospel Of Jesus Christ To The Church At Colossae Series

    Contributed by Gordon Weatherby on Nov 1, 2016
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    The gospel message ofJesus Christ is the essence of teaching by those of the early Church. The question is, How do we respond to that Gospel message? The Church at Colossae received it, sent it out, and found it to be the Power of God.

    THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE CHURCH AT COLOSSAE Colossians 1:3-14 Here is a link to an MP3 recording of this sermon: http://chirb.it/bqxyKD INTRODUCTION: 1.) I have decided to continue with where i had left off last week and to preach a series of messages from the book of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Present Fruit Of Heavenly Hope Series

    Contributed by Ron Tuit on Nov 14, 2016
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    The Letter of Paul to the Colossians has very strong significance for the issues which face the Church today. This "prison letter" is a letter of hope and clear teaching on the deity of Jesus.

    “The Present Fruit of Heavenly Hope” Colossians 1:1-8 Introduction We are going to take some time to examine Paul’s letter to the church at Colossae, known as one of Paul’s Prison Letters (the others being Ephesians, Philippians and Philemon) ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thanksgiving And Prayer Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Apr 9, 2018
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    The thanksgiving in Colossians, addressed to "God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ"—that is, the God whom Jesus Christ has revealed to us as Father—is woven around three short but very important words, which we are given in verse 4.

    3/31/18 Tom Lowe Lesson 1b: Thanksgiving and prayer (Colossians 1:3-14) Scripture: Colossians 1:3-14 (NIV) 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— 5 the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The First-Born Over All Creation Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on May 21, 2018
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    The chief religions of Paul’s time included Gnosticism, stressing gnosis as essential to salvation, viewing matter as evil, and combining ideas derived from mythology, ancient Greek philosophy, ancient religions, and, eventually, Christianity.

    5/7/18 Tom Lowe Lesson IIA2: THE FIRST-BORN OVER ALL CREATION (Colossians 1:15b-17) • Numbers in brackets [a], correspond to “Special Notes” following each verse. • NIV Bible is used throughout unless noted otherwise. Colossians 1:15b-17 (NIV) (Text) 15b the firstborn over all creation. 16 For ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faithful And Not Forgotten

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Aug 9, 2018
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    The church in Colossae was not a remarkable church, in fact, most people would have said its best days were gone.

    Colossians 1 Faithful and Not Forgotten August 12, 2018 This letter is full of epic and evocative language and is one of Paul’s shortest. Have you ever felt overlooked? Have you ever felt like you were doing the right thing, but other people seemed to get noticed? Have you ever felt like quitting ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Present Perfect

    Contributed by Doug Newton on Aug 24, 2018
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     | 7,650 views

    Colossians 1:3-14

    I pulled into a gas station a couple weeks ago and saw something new at the pump. If I wanted, I could push a button to mix a chemical with the gas that would improve my gas mileage. The advertisement explained that the additive would clean the engine valves and boost performance. Is this just ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Characteristics Of An Alive Church (Colossians Sermon 1) Series

    Contributed by Rodney Fry on Sep 16, 2018
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     | 7,764 views

    Do you meet the characteristics of an alive, dead or sick church?

    Characteristics of an Alive Church Colossians 1:1–14 Introduction If we read carefully the opening verses of Paul’s letter to the church at Colosse, we can see seven characteristics that mark an alive church even today. Payday Someday A little boy was reading a book. His father walked past the door ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thankful In All Things Part 4-" The People In Our Lives" Series

    Contributed by Randy Edwards on Nov 27, 2018
     | 5,189 views

    part 4 of our thankful series

    “Thankful in all things” Part 4 November 2018 “The people in our lives” Today is the last of our sermons in the short thankful series In the weeks to come we will be studying the Christmas story, it’s components and the significance of the story to our lives But for today we need to focus on ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Plant A Seed, And See What Happens

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 19, 2024
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    Epaphras brought the Gospel to Colossae, and powerful things happened through the Word. That's what planting the seed of the Gospel does.

    6.23.24 Colossians 1:3–8 Trinity Lutheran, Bay City 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints 5 because of the hope that is stored up for you in ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Thanksgiving And Prayer.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 26, 2024
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    We do not lack knowledge, but need rather to tap into that which we already have.

    THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER. Colossians 1:3-12. After introducing themselves, and acknowledging that those to whom they are writing are true Christians [i.e. 'saints and faithful brethren in Christ' (Colossians 1:1-2)], Paul and Timothy next “give thanks… praying always for you” (COLOSSIANS ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    For Eternal Hope Series

    Contributed by Scott Jewell on Feb 25, 2024
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    Paul prays for believers to have hope in Christ Jesus. How is this different from worldly hope and how does it help us navigate life?

    Have you ever thought about how the meaning of a symbol or a logo can change meanings if you were to rotate it upside down? For example, if you turn the hands over on our title slide, it looks kind of like someone is now washing their hands. If you rotate the lesser than symbol in math, it becomes ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Emmanuel: God With Us SermonCentral

    Contributed by SermonCentral on Oct 24, 2023
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     | 1,126 views

    Help my congregation to know and understand the Jesus of Christmas

    Good morning, my dear brothers and sisters in Christ. As we gather here today, we find ourselves in the midst of the joyous season of Christmas, a season that is filled with the warmth of love, the sparkle of hope, and the magic of miracles. It's a time when our hearts are filled with joy, our ...read more

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    "pray For All The Saints

    Contributed by Barnabas Park on Apr 28, 2025
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    Believers are encouraged to pray and love beyond their own group, reflecting Jesus's commandment to love and His prayer for unity and living the Kingdomg of God: righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.  

    "Pray for all the saints" Ephesians 6:18 “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.” While in a Roman prison, the Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church in Ephesus, and in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Colossians: Making The Journey Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 10, 2025
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    The Christians in Colosse had lost their way, and the purpose of Colossians was to show them the way back.

    It was a dinky little town, and we had lost our way. We were touring a village in England, by the name of Bampton, it’s major claim to fame today is it was the home of the library, rectory and church used in the filming of Downton Abbey. In the TV series, the church was St. Michael and All ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan